A PAIR OF FRENCH FLINTLOCK NAVAL OFFICER'S PISTOLS
A PAIR OF FRENCH FLINTLOCK NAVAL OFFICER'S PISTOLS

BY ANTOINE ROBERT, ST. ETIENNE, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH FLINTLOCK NAVAL OFFICER'S PISTOLS
BY ANTOINE ROBERT, ST. ETIENNE, MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with three-stage brass cannon barrel struck with two marks of the Spanish maker Juan Santos on the octagonal breech section, engraved iron tang, rounded brass lock signed AT. ROBERT A ST. ETIENNE figured walnut full stock carved in low relief with foliage behind the barrel-tang, silver-plated brass mounts including spurred pommel with Turk's head cap, and original ramrod
7¼ in.(18.5 cm.) barrels (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Etude Tajan, Paris, 18 December 2000, lot 131.

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